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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a former biter here. I agree that it will most likely stop on its own. Mine is now 10 and I still am not sure what the cause of the biting was (he also never did it at home) but to this day, he still puts things in his mouth when he's not supposed to (the TV remote, for example). Mine never really bit when he was mad so I think it was more of a sensory issue in his case. In fact, we had to eventually take pacifiers away from him completely because he would bite them to the point where the tip was just hanging off and they became a choking hazard.

I wouldn't switch centers as I think it will wane off by the time you find a new place and I don't think the center is the issue. [b]What worked for us is I got in his face and yelled very sternly that he is not to bite.[/b] Maybe not the best approach but it stopped after that. I tried to do the rewards and they sent him home several times (they never threatened to kick him out, even thought it said so in the "rules") but until I took the opposite approach and just let him have it, nothing else worked. [/quote]

Did you do this immediately after a biting incident? Or later when he got home? I'm not above yelling once in a while if it's truly a severe issue (and I'd consider this severe) but same concern as above PP mentioned with bribing -- too big of a time disconnect between incident and consequence.[/quote]

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